[Vocabulary] TOEIC GAME Lesson 30: Renting and Leasing

Apprehensive adj. 有理解力的 / 憂慮的 [more] ( app + pre(h) 之前 + end 結束 = 在玩app要結束前 )
EX: Most new home buyers are apprehensive about their decision.
大部分的房屋新購者優心他們的決定。

Apprehend vt. 憂慮 / 理解

Circumstance n. 環境 / 情勢 ( circum 四周 + stance 位置 ) [more]
EX: Under the current economic circumstances, they will not be able to purchase the property.
Circum 圓周 / 四周

Stance 立場 / 位置 / 地方 ( st. 站立, ance 情況 )

Circle 圓型

Fluctuate vi. 波動 ( Flu n. 流行性感冒 + ate 吃東西 = 心情隨病情，波動的吃 )
Prime business areas fluctuate with local economies, crime rates, and cost of living indices.
主要的商業區域波動是隨著地區經濟、犯罪率和生活的消費指數。

Indicator n. 指示者
The results of the elections were seen as an important indicator of the stability in the area.
電子業的成果被看作是一個重要穩定區域的指標。

Index n. 指示

lease n. 租賃
The decided to lease the property rather than buy it.
該決定去租道具，而不是買它。

property n. 財產、所有物、道具、住宅

A rather than  B ( B 不如 A / 是 A，而不是 B )
I would photograph an idea rather than an object and a dream rather than an idea.

lock into 受困於 ph.
Before you lock yourself into something, check all your options.
在讓自己受困之前，檢查你全部的選擇。

Occupy vt. 佔據 ( Occur - r + py = r 發現; 但 py 佔據 r 的位子 )
Our company has occupied this office for more than five years.
我們的公司已經住這間辦公室超過5年.

Occur vi. 發生

for more than 超過

subject to ph. 受..管制 / 使服從 ( sub 在...下, ject 投 = 在某人命令下投 )
The go-ahead to buy is subject to the president's approval.
隨心所欲地買，是受管制於總裁的同意。